Susan Vitalis and the Orb of Flame

Young Susan is adopted and welcomed into her new family. When shopping for wands on Fifth and a Half Street, one of the wands seems to call to her and reacts strongly to her, but she then learns the hard way of the dangers of untrained magic. After being accepted to Walton Academy of Magic, she goes to pick up her own school supplies, where she befriends a young Muggle-born witch named Penny.

Susan arrives at Walton Academy of Magic. The students are sorted into their Houses. She continues to be harassed by bullies.

Susan diligently practices spells by which she might get back at the bullies. Rudy is attacked during a Quidditch match, and there are hints toward an ancient artifact which might have been responsible.